Entering service with the Japanese Army in 1932, the Type 92 was designed for reconnaissance and to help exploit breakthroughs. It continued in production until 1940, by which time it was hopelessly outclassed.
The Type 92 has a crew of three. The driver and bow gunner sit in the body. The commander, who operates the 6.5mm LMG, is in the turret. It uses 1.5 gallons per hour at routine usage.
Subassemblies: Very Small Tank chassis with Light option
+3, full rotation Medium Weapon turret [Body:T] +2, tracks +2.
Powertrain: 34-kW diesel engine w/34-kW tracked drive
train and 30 gallons fuel in standard fuel tank [body]; 4,000-kWs batteries.
Occupancy: 2 CS Body, 1 CS Tur Cargo:
2.3 Body.
| Armor | F | RL | B | T | U |
| Body | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/20 | 4/20 |
| Tracks | 4/15 | 4/15 | 4/15 | 4/15 | 4/15 |
| Turret | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/25 | 4/20 | 0/0 |
Weaponry
Very Long Ground HMG/13.2mm Type 93 [Body:F] (500).
Ground LMG/6.5mm Type 91 [Tur:F] (1,000).
Statistics
| Size: 12’¥6’¥6’ | Payload: 0.38 tons | Lwt: 3.7 tons |
| Volume: 37 | Maint.: 122 hours | Price: $2,700 |
HT: 8
HP: 100 [Body], 75 [Turret], 35 [Each Track]
| gSpeed: 30 | gAccel: 2 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 0.25 | gSR: 4 | GP: Very Low (4/5) |
Design Notes
Historical speed was 22 mph. Track DR was arbitrarily halved for better
realism.
Some mounted another 6.5mm LMG in place of the 13.2mm MG.
Variants
The A-I-Go amphibious tank was based on the Type 92, but did not enter
production.